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Disney's Sword in the
Stone

In the film, Madam Mim is a powerful witch living in the woods
during King Arthur's
youth. She is an old rival of Merlin. Mim is presented as boisterous,
mischievous, and rather conceited, a sorceress much impressed with
her own power who delights in causing trouble. She is also a
somewhat morbid character with a distaste for sunshine and all
things wholesome. When Arthur is transformed into a sparrow by Merlin, Mim catches
and attempts to torture him when she discovers him in her home,
eventually deciding to try and destroy him, being that she sees all
good things as bad ("Yes, and in my book, that's bad!").

Madam Mim has a weakness that Merlin exploits. Merlin knows that
she is "mad for games", this results in a "Wizards' Duel" between
her and Merlin for Arthur's life, in which both parties transform
into a series of animals to destroy one another. Since Mim wins the
duel by cheating, Merlin quickly turns the tables by turning into a
germ and goes inside her, which renders Mim ill and powerless.

Mim was animated by two of Disney's legendary Nine
Old Men, Milt Kahl
(who also designed the character, refining storyboard sketches from Bill Peet), and Frank Thomas. Kahl animated her
initial interaction with Arthur, while Thomas oversaw her famous
"Wizards' Duel" with Merlin.

Madam Mim has appeared in numerous comics produced in the USA by
the so-called Studio program in the 1960s and 1970s,[1] often
as a sidekick of Magica de Spell. Most of these stories were
published in Europe and South America.
Among the artists are Jim Fletcher, Tony Strobl, Wolfgang and Katja Schäfer.
Several new characters were introduced in these stories, including
Samson Hex, an apprentice of Mim and Magica[2].

Powers and
abilities

Madam Min is a very powerful witch, and her abilities and
magical prowess include:

Shapeshifting. (As shown in the aforementioned "Wizard's Duel",
Mim is able to turn herself in to any animal, vegetable, mineral or
monster that she chooses. She is also able to manipulate her biology and to resize herself
to incalculable proportions).